Summary
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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Cast
David Oyelowo
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen Ejogo
Coretta Scott King
Tom Wilkinson
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Giovanni Ribisi
Lee White
Tim Roth
Gov. George Wallace
André Holland
Andrew Young
Colman Domingo
Ralph Abernathy
Common
James Bevel
Stephan James
John Lewis
Omar J. Dorsey
James Orange
LaKeith Stanfield
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Oprah Winfrey
Annie Lee Cooper
Tessa Thompson
Diane Nash
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Fred Gray
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Bayard Rustin
Kent Faulcon
Sullivan Jackson
Lorraine Toussaint
Amelia Boynton
Alessandro Nivola
John Doar
David Dwyer
Chief Wilson Baker
E. Roger Mitchell
Frederick Reese
Dylan Baker
J. Edgar Hoover
Ledisi
Mahalia Jackson
Niecy Nash-Betts
Richie Jean Jackson
Corey Reynolds
Rev. C.T. Vivian
Wendell Pierce
Rev. Hosea Williams
Charity Jordan
Viola Lee Jackson
Nigel Thatch
Malcolm X
Trai Byers
James Forman
Jeremy Strong
James Reeb
Stephen Root
Col. Al Lingo
Greg Maness
Aide
Haviland Stillwell
President's Secretary
Jody Thompson
White Marcher
Henry G. Sanders
Cager Lee
Montrel Miller
Young Marcher
Jim France
Gunnar Jahn
Michael Papajohn
Major Cloud
John Lavelle
Roy Reed
Stormy Merriwether
Jackson's Daughter
Martin Sheen
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Belafonte
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Bennett
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)